Une mouette

"The Seagull", a disastrous failure at its premiere before its triumph, directed by Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre, of which it has become the emblem.

130 years have passed and the play, certainly the most performed of the author's oeuvre, is endlessly revived, translated, adapted. It's in the tradition of an ongoing reappropriation of great texts that Elsa Granat finds herself, approaching the "classics" with an interest in their ability to touch a contemporary audience.
New associate artist of the Théâtre Gérard Philipe, national dramatic center in Saint-Denis, where she will present her next creation in September 2024, she envisions her Mouette in connection with the historical dimension of the Salle Richelieu, drawing from the actors' and actresses' own theatrical memories the rich embodiment of Chekhov's characters. His play opens with the story of Arkadina, a sunny actress who is one of the few creative female figures in the repertoire. We discover her in her early days, at work, devoted to her art under the watchful eye of young Treplev, her son, whose attempts to impulse a new theater she now rejects. Arkadina is an accomplished seagull, a double of Nina at the dawn of her career, with whom Treplev is infatuated but who loves Trigorin, Arkadina's lover...